Air Astana to Launch Flights to Maldives in December

Air Astana will launch twice weekly flights to Maldives on 5 December 2020.

The airline will operate the route on Wednesdays and Saturdays, increasing the frequency to thrice weekly, with an additional flight on Mondays, from 21 December.

Air Astana will fly its Airbus A321LR aircraft, configured with 16 Business class seats and 150 Economy class seats, on the new service.

The lie-flat business class seats are equipped with 16-inch individual entertainment screens. In economy class, the Recaro seats provide increased comfort for long flights and are equipped with 10-inch seat-back screens.

Due to the expected high demand during the year-end holidays, flights from 16 December 2020 to 16 January 2021 will be operated by the wide-body Boeing 767 aircraft, providing additional seat capacity.

On Wednesdays and Saturdays, flights will depart Almaty at 01:20 and arrive in Male at 07:05. On Mondays, flights will depart Almaty at 01:30 and arrive in Male at 07:15. The return service is scheduled to depart from Male at 19:35 and arrive in Almaty at 03.10 the following day.

Maldives and Kazakhstan both requires travellers entering their country to have a negative COVID19 PCR test result dated not older than three days from the time of arrival. Travellers should check with the relevant authorities for the latest regulations and requirements.

Pictured: Luxurious private villa at The Standard, Huruvalhi Maldives resort, which will reopen on 5 December 2020.

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